College Football Playoff Payouts By Conference For 2016-17

Money STILL an issue for the ACC......DESPITE ACC football killing it.

Tell me again about the greatness of Swofford?


http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristidosh/2016/12/31/college-football-playoff-payouts-by-conference-for-2016-17/#69f244015da5

Here's a conference-by-conference breakdown for the payouts this year from the bowls associated with the College Football Playoff:
ACC
$55 million base payout (which includes $300,000 for each team which meets the NCAA's APR for participation in a post-season football game)
$6 million for Clemson's berth in the Fiesta Bowl
$27.5 million for FSU's berth in the Orange Bowl (pursuant to a contract between the ACC and the Orange Bowl)
Total: $88.5 million

Big 12
$55 million base payout (which includes $300,000 for each team which meets the NCAA's APR for participation in a post-season football game)
$40 million for Oklahoma's berth in the Sugar Bowl (pursuant to a contract between the Big 12 and the Sugar Bowl)
Total: $95 million

Big Ten
$55 million base payout (which includes $300,000 for each team which meets the NCAA's APR for participation in a post-season football game)
$6 million for Ohio State's berth in the Fiesta Bowl

$4 million for Wisconsin's berth in the Cotton Bowl
$40 million for Penn State's berth in the Rose Bowl (pursuant to a contract between the Big Ten and the Rose Bowl)
$27.5 million for Michigan's berth in the Orange Bowl (pursuant to the Orange Bowl's contract, which places the highest ranked SEC, Big Ten or Notre Dame team which isn't in the playoff against the highest-ranked ACC team not in the playoff)

Total: $132.5 million

Pac-12
$55 million base payout (which includes $300,000 for each team which meets the NCAA's APR for participation in a post-season football game)
$6 million for Washington's berth in the Peach Bowl
$40 million for USC's berth in the Rose Bowl (pursuant to a contract between the Pac-12 and the Rose Bowl)
Total: $101 million

SEC
$55 million base payout (which includes $300,000 for each team which meets the NCAA's APR for participation in a post-season football game)
$6 million for Alabama's berth in the Peach Bowl
$40 million for Auburn's berth in the Sugar Bowl (pursuant to a contract between the SEC and the Sugar Bowl)
Total: $101 million

Note on the SEC's revenue distribution model: For bowl games with receipts of $4,000,000 – $5,999,999, the participating team retains $1.475 million, plus a travel allowance determined by SEC. For bowl games with receipts of $6 million or more, the participating team receives $2 million, plus a travel allowance determined by the SEC. If an SEC team makes it to the championship game, it receives another $2.1 million, plus travel allowance. 

Notre Dame
Notre Dame receives $2.83 million as a base amount. And yes - that's a guaranteed amount that doesn't require the Fighting Irish to play in a bowl associated with the College Football Playoff in order to collect.